RESULTS: Finest and Rarest Wines and Spirits
finest and rarest wines and spirits
London, Thursday, 11 December 2014, Sale 1579
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
638 sold | Total: £1,716,628/$2,695,106/€2,159,518 | 83% sold by lot | ||||
769 lots offered | $1.570 = £1 / €1.258 = £1 | 90% sold by value | ||||
Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
513 | Pétrus 1989 12 bottles | £22,000 – 28,000 | £32,900 $51,653 €41,388 | Asian | ||
10 | The Macallan 1955 to 1986 32 bottles | £15,000 – 20,000 | £30,550 $47,964 €38,432 | European Private | ||
85 | Le Pin 1989 12 bottles | £15,000 – 20,000 | £25,850 $40,585 €32,519 | Asian | ||
Chris Munro, Head of London Wine Department commented: “A superb end to 2014 for the London Wine department. Spirits dominated the sale as a rare 32 bottle vertical of The Macallan 1955 to 1986 smashed its pre-sale estimate of £15,000 to £20,000, selling to a private online bidder from Hong Kong for £30,550. 16 bottles of Harewood Rum realised an outstanding total of £135,713, achieving world record prices for bottles of the Harewood Rum "Dark" 1780 which made £11,162 each. This brings the combined total of the Harewood Rum Collection; including 12 bottles offered in December 2013 to £213,972. Elsewhere in the sale we saw competitive bidding for the very finest wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy as a rare case of iconic Pomerol Le Pin 1989 sold for £28,850 against a pre-sale estimate of £15,000 to £20,000. Other highlights included a full case of Petrus 1989 which realised £32,900. We look forward to our next wine sale in New York on 13 December 2014.” |
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Next Sale: The Connoisseur Collection – New York, 13 December 2014
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Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits. |